Yesterday, I became aware of a breach involving HPTH UK. The breach had been posted on Pastebin by @LulzSecWiki, who headlined it as “HPTH UK Hospital Server Data Leak.” @LulzSecWiki also tweeted a link to the data dump. In a statement with the leaked data, @LulzSecWiki wrote: Greetings friends, welcome to TheLulzBoat. The the world’s leader in…
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Man Allegedly Receives $350,000 In Medical Services Using Another Person's ID
A man is being accused of racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical services while using another person’s identification. Kenneth A. Marshall, 41, is charged with identity theft, receiving stolen property and obstructing official business. Marshall allegedly gained possession of a stolen license six years ago in Terre Haute, Ind. Officials at the…
Details in Statesboro ID Theft Ring Unfold
Meredith Ley of WSAV reports that 23 people, mostly from Georgia, are facing charges in connection with ID theft and tax refund fraud scheme. Authorities with the FBI, Statesboro Police and the IRS believe those involved took names, birthdays, and social security numbers from medical records and used them to submit phony tax returns. U.S….
PPR Releases Trust Framework© for Data Privacy
Patient Privacy Rights (PPR) is pleased to announce the publication of its Privacy Trust Framework©, a set of 75+ auditable criteria based on 15 key privacy principles. The framework enables objective measurement of how well health IT, platforms, applications, electronic systems, and research projects protect data privacy and ensure patient control over the collection, use,…
Advocacy Group Issues Recommendations on Using Surveillance Data for HIV Care Linkage and Retention
Project Inform, an HIV and hepatitis advocacy and education group has published recommendations drafted by a diverse group of advocates and public health professionals guiding the use of laboratory data collected by public health surveillance agencies to link and retain people with HIV in health care. These recommendations were developed at a Think Tank held by Project Inform November…
UK: Royal Bolton Hospital notes found in street
The Bolton News reports that hospital notes with 25 patients’ names, age, medical history, specialist information, mobility, dietary requirement, hygiene, home circumstances and discharge plan were found in a street. The breach itself would be disturbing enough, but the citizen who found the documents experienced problems trying to report the breach – an issue to…